Obama Judge Blocks Trump’s Move To End Biden-Era Parole Program For Half A Million Migrants

A federal judge appointed by the Obama administration blocked President Donald Trump’s effort to end a controversial parole program that allowed roughly half-a-million foreign nationals into the United States.

U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston, Massachusetts, on Monday temporarily halted the Trump administration’s effort to end a parole program for Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan and Venezuelan nationals. The parole initiative, more popularly known as the CHNV program, was launched by the Biden administration and allowed roughly 500,000 foreign nationals to be paroled into the country, permitting them to live and work in the U.S. on an interim basis.

The Trump administration in March announced the end of the CHNV program, calling the timing to do so “appropriate and necessary.” However, like virtually every action the White House has taken on 🛂Immigration policy, the move was swiftly met with legal resistance.

Talwani, appointed to the bench by the Obama administration in 2014, ruled Monday that “the early termination, without any case-by-case justification, of legal status for noncitizens who have complied with DHS programs and entered the country lawfully undermines the rule of law,” according to court documents. “The court finds the balance of equities and public interest weigh in favor of preliminary relief.”

Originally launched by the Biden administration in October 2022